Who Bombed Judi Bari

Who Bombed Judi Bari
Directed by Mary Liz Thomson
Produced by Darryl Cherney
Production
company
hokey pokey productions
Running time
 95 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Who Bombed Judi Bari? is an American historical documentary about an assassination attempt on the life of Judi Bari, an American environmental and labor activist, which occurred on May 24, 1990.[1]

Overview

While driving through Oakland, California on their way to a benefit concert for the Redwood Summer campaign to save California's coast redwood trees, Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney were injured when a pipe bomb detonated under the driver's seat of their car.[2] Bari, who was driving, was critically injured. Oakland police and the FBI approached the explosion as a terrorist incident, arrested Bari and Cherney, and tried to prove that they were transporting their own explosive device which accidentally detonated. The two were never charged with a crime. In 2002 they won a lawsuit and were awarded $4.4 million for civil rights violations by the FBI and Oakland Police Department.[3] The authorities allegedly did not investigate any other suspects.[1]

Awards

  • CINE Golden Eagle Award (Documentary Feature 2012)
  • Long Island Film Festival (Special Jury Award 2012)
  • Malibu International Film Festival (Best Documentary 2012)
  • Best Documentary (Santa Cruz Film Festival 2012)
  • Best Documentary (Desert Rocks Film Festival 2012)
  • Best Feature Film (Davis Film Festival 2012)[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Dean Kuipers (April 2, 2012). "Judge orders testing of evidence in Judi Bari bombing". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ↑ NEIL GENZLINGER (November 15, 2012). "A Victim Testifies From the Grave". New York Times.
  3. ↑ Thadeus Greenson (May 19, 2015). "Who Bombed Judi Bari? 25 Years Later, We May Find an Answer". The North Coast Journal.
  4. ↑ "Awards". Who Bombed Judi Bari?. Retrieved July 12, 2015.


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